Hjort family tree » Johanne Nielsen (1889-1952)

Day of marriage October 30, 1915

• The temperature on October 30, 1915 was between 0.3 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
  • March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
  • April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
  • May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
  • May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
  • September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.

Day of death May 3, 1952

• The temperature on May 3, 1952 was between 9.8 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • January 14 » NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
  • January 26 » Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
  • April 28 » The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II.
  • May 2 » A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
  • December 5 » Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.
  • December 30 » An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashed in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1939 » Madeleine Desroseaux, French author and poet (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Harry Miller, American engineer (b. 1875)
• 1948 » Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (b. 1876)
• 1949 » Fanny Walden, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)